It would seem that a clear correlation can be made between the postmodern emphasis on community and what is taking place in the New Homiletic. Certainly not all within the New Homiletic would affirm, without reservation, the postmodern concept that reality and truth are socially constructed. But there is a clear move toward the audience in preaching. More than ever, through rhetorical strategies built on contemporary communication theory, homiletics is deeply concerned with the role the audience/